Study Skills Inventory
What are your study habits and attitudes? Read each statement and consider how it applies to you. If
it does apply to you, check Y. If it does not apply to you, check N.
1. __Y __N I spend too much time studying for what I am learning.
2. __Y __N I usually spend hours cramming the night before an exam.
3. __Y __N If I spend as much time on my social activities as I want to, I don't have enough
time left to study, or when I study enough, I don't have time for a social life.
4. __Y __N I usually try to study with the radio and TV turned on.
5. __Y __N I can't sit and study for long periods of time without becoming tired or distracted.
6. __Y __N I go to class, but I usually doodle, daydream, or fall asleep.
7. __Y __N My class notes are sometimes difficult to understand later.
8. __Y __N I usually seem to get the wrong material into my class notes.
9. __Y __N I don't review my class notes periodically throughout the semester in
preparation for tests.
10.__Y __N When I get to the end of a chapter, I can't remember what I've just read.
11.
Y __ N I don't know how to pick out what is important in the text.
12. __Y __N I can't keep up with my reading assignments, and then I have to cram the night
before a test.
13. __Y __N I lose a lot of points on essay tests even when I know the material well.
14. __Y __N I study enough for my test, but when I get there my mind goes blank.
15. Y __ N
I often study in a haphazard, disorganized way under the threat of the next
test.
16. Y __ N
I often find myself getting lost in the details of reading and have trouble
identifying the main ideas.
17. Y __ N
I rarely change my reading speed in response to the difficulty level of the
selection, or my familiarity with the content.
18. __Y __N I often wish that I could read faster.
19. __Y __N When my teachers assign papers I feel so overwhelmed that I can't get
started.
20. __Y __N I usually write my papers the night before they are due.
21. __Y __N I can't seem to organize my thoughts into a paper that makes sense.
Scoring
Review your answers in the questions above. For questions where you checked
Y (Yes), consider locating assistance with the matching skill below.
Question
1, 2, 3
4, 5, 6
7, 8, 9
10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18
13, 14, 15
19, 20, 21
Matching Skill
Time Management
Concentration
Listening & Note Taking
Reading
Exam Preparation
Writing Skills
If you have answered "yes" to two or more questions in any skills category, visit
http://www.cccc.edu/success to schedule an Academic Success Coaching
Session.
If you have one "yes" or less in a category, you are probably proficient enough in these areas
and do not need extra information. Feel free, however, to get information in areas that you
may have special interests, even if you scored well.
Adapted from Virginia Tech’s Cook Counseling Center
www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html